Benjamin Bentley b 05 Jun 1838 KY d 1894 Letcher Co KY; buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY; s/o John Q Bentley and Margaret Peggy Hamilton. Benjamin Bentley m. Elizabeth Reynolds b 1839 VA; d/o Noah Milburn Reynolds and Mary Chaney Stone. Children of Benjamin Bentley and Elizabeth Reynolds;

1. John Quiller Bentley b 12 Oct 1859 Letcher Co KY d 15 Mar 1934 Neon, Letcher Co KY; m. 5 Sept 1883 Letcher Co KY to Ellender Bates b 17 Jun 1863 KY d 18 Nov 1933 KY; d/o Henderson Bates and Ellender Dale. Children of John Quiller Bentley and Ellender Bates; i. Mary Bentley b 1884 KY ii. Daniel Van Bentley b 1887 KY; m. Nettie Collier iii. Martha Bentley b 1889 KY iv. Laura Bentley b 21 Oct 1892 KY d 5 Feb 1971 Letcher Co KY; m. Preston Bentley b 1 Feb 1891 KY d 7 Jul 1954 Letcher Co KY; s/o Samuel Bentley and Sarah Sally Holbrook. v. Minerva Jane Bentley b 1894 KY vi. Can Martin Bentley b 2 Sept 1897 KY d 14 May 1985; m. Lettie Malinda Bentley b 13 Jan 1916 Letcher Co KY; d/o Otho Bentley and Nancy Alice Hall. vii. Susan A Bentley b 15 Apr 1900 KY d 19 Dec 1989; m. Ike rose

2. Noah Lincoln Bentley b 17 Jun 1863 KY d 25 Sept 1927; m. 2 Apr 1894 Letcher Co KY to Mary E Holbrook b 16 May 1875 Mayking, Letcher Co KY d 8 Oct 1941; buried Neon, Letcher co KY; d/o John Holbrook and Elizabeth Hughes. Children of Noah Lincoln Bentley and Mary E Holbrook; i. Margie Bentley b 1895 KY ii. Noah Lincoln Bentley b 27 Nov 1898 KY d 19 Dec 1934 Letcher Co KY; m. 22 Jul 1917 to Etta Bentley b 30 Oct 1900 d 27 Jan 1987 Letcher Co KY; d/o Noah Milburn Bentley and Christina Isaacs. iii. Nancy Bentley b May 1900 KY

3. Stephen Nathaniel Bentley b Apr 1867 KY d 9 Jan 1927; m. 22 Feb 1889 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to Frances Hall b 14 Mar 1870 Letcher Co KY d 17 Mar 1950; d/o Thomas Hall and Martha Whitaker.

4. Emmeline F Bentley b 1869 KY

5. Ulysses J Bentley b 1871 KY d 1906

6. Ada Elizabeth Bentley b May 1872 KY; m. 27 Mar 1889 to John Wesley Bentley b Apr 1864 NC; s/o James Martin Bentley and Tabitha Baker.

7. Susan Bentley b 18 Nov 1875 Letcher Co KY d 17 Jul 1961 Letcher co KY; m. 23 Dec 1893 Letcher co KY to Floyd Whitaker b 20 Aug 1878; s/o Isaac J Whitaker and Mary C Bentley.

8. Thomas Bentley b 23 May 1877 KY d 1 Jan 1963

9. Samuel C Bentley b 1878 KY; m. 22 Nov 1902 Letcher co KY to Rebecca Holbrook b 1886 d 20 Jun 1944 Letcher co KY

10. Ezekiel Zeke Bentley b 15 Dec 1879 Seco, Letcher Co KY d 28 Mar 1946 Seco, Letcher Co KY of cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertensive heart disease; age 66 years, 5 months, 14 days; buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY; listed as widowed at the time of his death; m. 8 Aug 1899 to Zilpha P Holbrook b 27 Nov 1879 d 4 Mar 1946; buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY; d/o James E Holbrook and Tabitha Bentley.